More Pics from the Picnic in the Park

Harry S Truman Holiday

Thanks to Harry S Truman for being an outstanding Missourian! Today I had the day off for a state holiday but I better enjoy it while I can because there is a bill out there and they want to take away this holiday. So Ollie and I started the day out by picking up some Mickey D's for breakfast and then going to City Centre Park for a breakfast picnic. What a beautiful morning it was!

After we finished eating and Ollie was done playing at the park he wanted to show me the big tree that was cut down. He likes to climb on it.

This tree is a good climbing tree and it has a big hole in it. I wonder what's in there? We had to look. It's just full of sticks and dirt thank goodness.

After that we headed over to Aunt Erin's house. Papa was there stripping the deck. When we got there we had to check and see what baby Ivy was doing. Awe, sleeping!

Can I touch her?

Ollie had on his pirate shirt that Papa brought back from Aruba and when Maw Maw showed up she came with a pirate bandanna for Ollie to wear. Arrgg!

Then Maw Maw stopped by the dollar store and picked up two swords. You can guess what happened next!

Later after dinner, Maw Maw and Ollie found a hidden treasure (a box full of mardi gras beads!) What fun!

Concert in the Park

Thursday evening we went to a concert in the park. This is the first of the monthly summer concerts. They had a Celtic band playing. We sat in the back where we could talk, play and pass Ivy around. Here is Ollie after he stole all the snacks!

Ollie was playing Batman with Uncle Kevin. He would run (in slow motion) up the hill and then pretend the ground was slippery ice and would slide down. Although sometimes he would make it up the hill and start fight Mr. Freeze!

Ollie thinks the snot sucker is a cold air blower!

Ollie & Ivy in their Big Cousin Baby Cousin t-shirts.

New Tractor

This morning we got up and went to get Ollie's hair cut. Ollie got to pick what we did next if he sat very still while the lady cut his hair so we went to Paul's Donuts afterwards and then we went to see baby Ivy for a little bit before we headed over to Papa's house. We got to put some clothes on Ivy that Ollie picked out then it was Ollie's turn to hold her. She tooted on him a couple of times and then pooped he thought this was very funny!

Papa got a new red tractor! Ollie had to take it for a spin.

They rode it down the mule trail. I'm sure they went to see the snake house. It is a deer stand that Ollie calls a snake house.

As soon as we got in the car to go home Ollie said "can we go back to Aunt Erin's house?" So on the way we called her and stopped by to drop off some pics that I picked up for her and Ollie got to hold Ivy for a few minutes and then we headed home.

This weekend with a new baby!

Ivy came home on Friday and I went over to see her at lunch time. She was so cute in her little polka dot dress!


Later that evening Ollie was insistent that she lay in her bouncer. Her jammies are so colorful she matches the bouncer. It's like camouflage.
On Saturday morning Ivy got her first bath but it was more like a wipe down because her belly button cannot be submerged yet. She likes to be nakey, this calmed her down a bit.

Who would have thought that Ollie would be everyone's competition when it comes to holding Ivy. Once he gets her it's hard to get her away from him. He says "no it's still my turn!"

Ollie & Ivy are watching Spongebob.

Ivy gets lots of kisses!

We went home to let momma & baby get some sleep and then came back in the evening. Ollie had to hold her again.

And she gets more kisses...

Mommy/Aunt Jen with Ollie & Ivy